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Rich Moore and Clark Spencer, the Director and Producer of Wreck-It Ralph.

As part of the Disney movies event that I attended a few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to interview Director Rich Moore and Producer Clark Spencer. They explained how Wreck-It Ralph came into being, some of the unique challenges involved in the production and shared a few behind-the-scenes stories.

Before they made Wreck-It Ralph, Moore and Spencer had each worked on a large number of animated projects over the years; Moore was one of the original three directors of The Simpsons, directing many episodes of the series’ first five seasons, before becoming supervising director of The Critic, and later oversaw the creative development and production of Matt Groening’s Futurama, His credits include the Warner Brothers theatrical short Duck Dodgers: Attack the Drones, Comedy Central’s Drawn Together, and Spy vs. Spy for Mad TV. Clark Spencer joined Disney in 1990 as a senior business planner in the finance and planning department; he worked in planning and finance, eventually becoming Senior Vice President of Finance and Operations for Walt Disney Animation Studios and Theatrical Productions, a position he held until 1999, when he was asked to produce Lilo & Stitch. Since then he has served as executive producer on Meet the Robinsons, producer on Bolt, and executive producer on 2011′s Winnie the Pooh. Continue Reading “Interview with Rich Moore and Clark Spencer, the Director and Producer of Wreck-It Ralph” »